If you met my friend Mandi, you’d never know that something was amiss.
Bright-eyed, full of smiles and often wearing something sparkly and fabulous, she spends most of her days chatting to customers in the Walton-on-Thames clothing shop where she works.
Like many people – women especially – she has a passion for shopping, and especially loves hunting for bargains in charity shops and car boot sales.
But this habit was in fact a sign of a life-wrecking mental illness that’s plagued her for more than a decade, resulting in £30,000 debt.
I’m not talking about shopping addiction. As a psychiatrist who has been
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